EP1036588A1 - Melangeur statique - Google Patents

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EP1036588A1
EP1036588A1 EP00301808A EP00301808A EP1036588A1 EP 1036588 A1 EP1036588 A1 EP 1036588A1 EP 00301808 A EP00301808 A EP 00301808A EP 00301808 A EP00301808 A EP 00301808A EP 1036588 A1 EP1036588 A1 EP 1036588A1
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Kenji Kubo
Eizo Sugino
Hisayoshi Mese
Shigenobu Saito
Takeshi Yasukochi
Katsutoshi Shoji
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
    • B01F25/43197—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor characterised by the mounting of the baffles or obstructions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/432—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction with means for dividing the material flow into separate sub-flows and for repositioning and recombining these sub-flows; Cross-mixing, e.g. conducting the outer layer of the material nearer to the axis of the tube or vice-versa
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/434—Mixing tubes comprising cylindrical or conical inserts provided with grooves or protrusions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/45—Mixers in which the materials to be mixed are pressed together through orifices or interstitial spaces, e.g. between beads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/40—Static mixers
    • B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
    • B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
    • B01F25/4317—Profiled elements, e.g. profiled blades, bars, pillars, columns or chevrons

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  • the present invention relates to a static mixing device for use in mixing fluent materials including gases, liquids, powders, emulsions and slurries.
  • the device is particularly intended for use in mixing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, paints, paper pulpstock and the like.
  • FIG. 27 A static mixing device of a kind well known in the art (hereinafter referred to as "the prior art device”) is illustrated in Figure 27.
  • the prior art device comprises a tubular body A which defines an internal fluid passageway, and a plurality of twisted mixing elements B,C which are disposed within said tubular body A, such that each mixing element B defines two clockwise-spiralling fluid pathways and each mixing element C defines two anticlockwise-spiralling fluid pathways within the device.
  • Mixing elements B and C are disposed alternately along the length of tubular body A, each element being disposed orthogonally to the adjacent element or elements, as shown in Figure 28.
  • a fluid D to be mixed enters the tubular body A at one end thereof, and passes along the length of the tubular body A.
  • the stream of fluid D is divided into two, and the direction of flow of fluid D is inverted. The resulting division and turbulent flow ensures thorough mixing of fluid D as it passes along the length of tubular body A.
  • the degree of mixing attained by the prior art device through division and flow inversion is therefore directly related to the number of mixing elements included in the tubular body A.
  • Each element B, C causes division of the stream of fluid D into only two parts; and hence in order to achieve a satisfactory mix, it becomes necessary to provide large numbers of elements within the tubular body A.
  • the length of each element should be approximately 1.5 times the inner diameter of the tubular body A.
  • a further disadvantage of the prior art mixing device is that the twisted mixing elements B and C, being complex in form, are relatively costly and time-consuming to manufacture.
  • a static mixing device for fluent material comprising a laminated assembly of contiguous, perforated plate-like mixing elements and retaining means for holding said elements together within said assembly; wherein each of said elements defines a plurality of holes that extend through the element, and said elements are configured and arranged within said assembly such that each hole within an element communicates with a plurality of holes in each adjacent element thereby to provide a patent flow path through the assembly for fluent material, whereby the fluent material is repeatedly divided and mixed as it flows through the assembly.
  • a fluent material to be mixed can be fed into the holes provided in an end element which forms an upstream end of the assembly, resulting in a plurality of parallel fluid streams flowing through that end element.
  • each of said plurality of fluid streams is divided further into fluid streams flowing through a plurality of the holes provided in the adjacent element downstream.
  • an assemblage of parts comprising a plurality of perforated plate-like mixing elements and retaining means for holding said elements contiguously together in a laminated assembly; wherein each of said elements defines a plurality of regularly arranged holes that extend through the element.
  • Said assemblage of parts is adapted to be assembled to form a static mixing device in accordance with the invention.
  • each hole within each element are regularly arranged in a two-dimensional array.
  • each hole may be spaced from adjacent holes on at least two different axes.
  • Each or some of said holes may comprise a constricted portion having a reduced transverse cross-sectional area, such that fluent material flowing through said hole travels most rapidly through said constricted portion, consequently undergoing turbulent flow as it travels into or out of said portion. This will bring about further mixing of the fluent material within each hole.
  • said holes are shaped and arranged to ensure minimal fluid pressure loss within said device.
  • each of said holes may define a straight fluid path through the respective element.
  • each element is configured to present a hydrodynamically efficient surface to the fluent material, such that said material flows smoothly over the surfaces of the elements.
  • Each element may comprise a regular grid of holes.
  • a first element may be arranged such that one hole in said regular grid of holes is centred on the centre of said element, and a second element may be arranged such that a node in said regular grid of holes is centred on the centre of said element.
  • Alternate first and second elements may be disposed along the length of said laminated assembly, such that each hole in each element communicates with a plurality of holes in the adjacent element downstream.
  • each of said elements has an upstream end face and a downstream end face, and each of said holes opens in each of said upstream end face and said downstream end face.
  • said upstream end face and said downstream end face of each element are substantially planar, such that the downstream end face of each element lies flat against the upstream end face of the adjacent element downstream.
  • the areas of contact between the downstream end face of each element and the upstream end face of the adjacent element downstream may form a seal, serving to seal said fluent material within said assembly and reduce the possibility of leakages.
  • Each of said holes may define a frustoconical or frustopyramidal space within each element.
  • frustopyramidal herein is meant a truncated pyramidal shape having 3 or more sides in cross-section, for example 3, 4, 5 or 6 sides, preferably 4 sides.
  • the narrow end of said frustoconical or frustopyramidal space is disposed downstream within said element. Accordingly, the arrangement may be such that fluent material passing through each hole will travel rapidly through said narrow downstream end of the hole, and will pass into the broad upstream ends of a plurality of holes in the adjacent element downstream, consequently undergoing substantial turbulent flow within said plurality of holes downstream.
  • each of said holes may define a bifrustoconical or bifrustopyramidal space within each element, said bifrustoconical or bifrustopyramidal space comprising first and second opposing frustoconical or frustopyramidal spaces, said first and second frustoconical or frustopyramidal spaces being linked at the narrow ends thereof by an intermediate constricted portion of reduced transverse cross-sectional area.
  • Fluent material passing through each hole will accordingly undergo turbulent flow within said first frustoconical or frustopyramidal space prior to entry into said intermediate constricted portion, and will undergo further turbulent flow within said second frustoconical or frustopyramidal space following exit from said intermediate constricted portion; resulting in a thorough mix of said fluent material.
  • said retaining means comprise two opposing end parts adapted to sandwich said laminated assembly therebetween, and fastening means for holding the end parts together.
  • Said fastening means may, for example, comprise two or more threaded stems arranged to extend through corresponding bores provided in each end part, each threaded stem having a threaded portion juxtaposed each end thereof, and a plurality of nuts which are adapted to mate with each threaded portion of each stem, for tightly clamping the assembly between the end parts.
  • said fastening means may comprise a threaded bolt attached to one of said end parts, which threaded bolt is adapted to mate with a threaded bore provided in the other of said end parts, for holding said end parts together.
  • said fastening means may comprise two opposing clamping elements, and screw-threaded means for clamping said clamping elements tightly around the periphery of said end parts such that said clamping elements encircle said end parts for holding the end parts together.
  • Other arrangements for holding the flanges together will be well known to the man skilled in the art.
  • the static mixing device of the present invention may comprise a valve body for a valve defining a bore, which bore is adapted to accommodate said laminated assembly of elements.
  • Said valve body may, for example, comprise a ball for a ball valve, or a valve body for a butterfly valve or gate valve.
  • Said valve body may be adapted to be installed in a fluid passageway for selective movement between an open position and a closed position, in a manner well known to the man skilled in the art.
  • Said fluent material may comprise any fluid or combination of fluids, including any liquid/liquid, gas/liquid, solid/liquid, solid/gas, or liquid/gas/solid combination of fluids. Furthermore, or in the alternative, said fluent material may comprise a powder or an emulsion.
  • a static mixing device in accordance with the present invention comprises an elongate tubular casing 1 having a hollow cylindrical interior, which casing houses therein a laminated assembly of contiguous plate-like elements 3 and 4.
  • the casing 1 could alternatively have an elliptical, polygonal or any other suitable cross-sectional configuration.
  • Each end of said casing 1 is sealingly connected via a gasket 5 to an annular flange 2, which flange 2 is formed with a central bore that communicates with the interior of said cylindrical casing 1.
  • Each flange 2 is sealingly connected via an O-ring 6 to a tubular member 7.
  • a plurality of threaded stems 8 extends through corresponding bore-holes provided in each flange 2 and each tubular member 7. Nuts 9, adapted for screw-threaded engagement with said stems 8, are provided for tightly clamping said tubular members 7 together, such that said flanges 2 and said casing are tightly sandwiched therebetween.
  • Said casing 1, flanges 2, elements 3 and 4 and tubular members 7 may, for example, comprise stainless steel, such as SUS304 or SUS316; but may alternatively comprise other suitable materials such as ceramics, alloys or synthetic resins, depending on the nature and properties of the fluid to be mixed within the device.
  • Said gasket 5 and O ring 6 comprise a resilient watertight material such as NBR or NBR80.
  • FIG. 7-21 Various embodiments of elements 3 and 4, each adapted for installation within the casing 1 shown in Figure 1, are illustrated in Figures 7-21.
  • Figures 7-9, 14-15 and 18-19 show embodiments of element 3, which is seen in these figures to comprise a cylindrical disc shaped to sit sealingly within the cylindrical interior of said casing 1, which disc comprises a regular grid of holes 11, 11', the central node O whereof is centred on the central longitudinal axis of the element 3.
  • FIGresponding embodiments of element 4 are shown in Figures 10-12, 16-17 and 20-21.
  • element 4 comprises a cylindrical disc shaped to sit sealingly within the cylindrical interior of said casing 1, which disc comprises a regular grid of holes, wherein one of the holes is centred on the central longitudinal axis of said cylindrical disc.
  • element 3 shown in Figures 7-9 comprises a cylindrical disc which comprises a grid of frustopyramidal holes consisting of four complete frustopyramidal holes 11 and eight incomplete frustopyramidal holes 11'.
  • said element 3 has an outer diameter of 27.5mm and a thickness axially of 5mm.
  • said four complete frustopyramidal holes 11 are arranged in a square configuration around the central longitudinal axis of said cylindrical disc. The wide end of each hole 11, 11' opens in a front upstream end of said disc.
  • the corresponding element 4 shown in Figures 10-12 comprises a cylindrical disc having the same dimensions as the element 3, which disc comprises a regular grid of frustopyramidal holes consisting of five complete frustopyramidal holes 11 and four incomplete frustopyramidal holes 11'.
  • said five complete frustopyramidal holes 11 are arranged in a quincuncial configuration around the central longitudinal axis of said disc. The wide end of each hole 11, 11' opens in a front end of said disc.
  • Said elements 3 and 4 can be assembled into a contiguous laminated assembly, as shown in Figure 13.
  • elements 3 and 4 are arranged alternately in sequence, the rear end of each element 3 or 4 lying contiguous and flat against the front end of the adjacent element 4 or 3 downstream.
  • the arrangement is such that each hole 11, 11' within each element communicates with a plurality of holes 11, 11' in the adjacent element(s) upstream and/or downstream.
  • the assembly of elements 3 and 4 is fitted into the interior of cylindrical casing 1, as shown in Figure 1.
  • a fluid 10 is passed into tubular member 7 as shown by the arrow in Figure 1, and flows through said tubular member and through the central bore provided in flange 2 into the interior of said cylindrical casing 1.
  • Said fluid may be homogenous or heterogeneous, and may comprise liquid, gas or solid or any combination of these phases.
  • Said fluid may have a high viscosity or may comprise a fluent powder.
  • fluid 10 is constrained to flow through the holes 11, 11' provided within each element 3, 4.
  • fluid 10 is divided into a plurality of fluid streams passing through each of the holes 11, 11' provided within that element.
  • each of said fluid streams is again divided into a plurality of holes 11, 11' in the adjacent element downstream. The resultant repeated division and mingling of fluid streams within the assembly ensures a rapid and effective mix.
  • each hole 11, 11' owing to the variation in the width of each hole 11, 11' along the length thereof, the flowrate of fluid along the length of each hole is not constant, but is most rapid at the narrow downstream end. Accordingly, in use, streams of fluid emerge rapidly from the downstream ends of holes 11, 11' in each element, and pass into the wide upstream ends of holes 11, 11' in the adjacent element downstream, where the longitudinal flowrate is slower. As a result, an appreciable degree of fluid turbulence occurs within the upstream end of each hole 11, 11', further improving the thoroughness of the mix.
  • Figures 14-17 illustrate further embodiments of elements 3 and 4, in which a bore 12 is formed in each element 3, 4, the elements 3, 4 being oriented within the assembly such that the bores 12 are aligned with one another.
  • Figures 18-21 illustrate yet further embodiments of elements 3 and 4, in which each element 3 comprises a regular grid of frustopyramidal holes consisting of twenty two complete frustopyramidal holes 11 and ten incomplete frustopyramidal holes 11'; and each element 4 comprises a regular grid of frustopyramidal holes consisting of twenty one complete frustopyramidal holes 11 and fifteen incomplete frustopyramidal holes 11'.
  • elements 3 and 4 may comprise a still greater number of holes 11, 11' than shown in the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying figures.
  • elements 3 and 4 each comprise a regular grid of bifrustoconical holes 14, each hole 14 comprising an upstream frustoconical portion 14a, an opposing downstream frustoconical portion 14b, and an intermediate constricted portion 14c which links the narrow ends of said frustoconical portions 14a and 14b.
  • Figure 26 illustrates the flow dynamics of fluid passing through a bifrustoconical hole 14. As seen in this figure, the increased flowrate of the fluid as it passes through said intermediate constricted portion 14c results in the generation of cross-currents and turbulence in said upstream and downstream frustoconical portions 14a and 14b. Thus, the fluid is effectively mixed and dispersed within said portions of each hole 14.
  • each hole 14; the top:base area ratio of each frustoconical portion 14a and 14b; the arrangement of said holes 14 in each element 3 and 4; and/or the diameter and thickness of each element 3 and 4 are selected with reference to the nature and properties of the fluid to be mixed, so as to ensure that an effective mix of each fluid can be achieved.
  • the diameter of the opening of each frustoconical portion 14a and 14b is 6mm
  • the diameter of said intermediate portion 14c is 3mm
  • the angle of inclination is 90°. It is noted that a decrease in the size of each hole 14 will tend to increase the degree of fluid pressure loss within the device.
  • FIG. 2 and 3 A second embodiment of a static mixing device in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the device shown in these figures comprises first and second opposing end members 15 and 16, each of which end members defines a central bore (15a, 16a) which is rebated to define an annular shoulder (15e, 16e).
  • Said rebated portions of the central bores 15a, 16a are shaped to house a laminated assembly of plate-like elements 3 and 4 of the kind described above.
  • Said first end member 15 carries four threaded bolts 17 around the periphery thereof, each of which bolts 17 is adapted for screw-threaded engagement with a corresponding threaded bore provided in said second end member 16, so as to clamp said first end member 15 fixedly to said second end member 16, whereby said laminated assembly of elements 3 and 4 is held fixedly within said bores 15a, 16a of the first and second end members respectively and sits sealingly against each of said annular shoulders 15e and 16e.
  • a fluid 10 is passed into said bore 15a, and is allowed to flow through said laminated assembly of elements 3 and 4, such that the fluid is divided and mixed as described above. After emergence from the downstream end of said laminated assembly, the mixed fluid 10 is allowed to flow out of the device through bore 16a; as shown by the arrows in Figure 3.
  • FIG. 4 A further embodiment of a static mixing device in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in Figures 4 and 5.
  • the device shown in these figures comprises first and second hollow cylindrical end parts 15 and 16, each of which parts defines a central bore (15a, 16a) which is rebated as shown to define an annular shoulder (15e, 16e).
  • the rebated portions of central bores 15a, 16a are shaped to house between them a laminated assembly of plate-like elements 3 and 4 of the kind described above.
  • Each of said end parts 15, 16 comprises an annular flange 15c, 16c, which flange projects outwardly and is adapted to engage with the jaws of two opposing semicircular clamps (18a, 18b).
  • said semicircular clamps 18a, 18b are adapted to be clamped around the periphery of said end parts 15, 16, in engagement with said annular flanges 15c, 16c, by means of a bolt-and-nut arrangement 19, whereby said end parts 15 and 16 are held in fixed engagement.
  • each of said flanges (15c, 16c) has a frustoconical engaging surface (15d, 16d) and the jaws of said clamps are correspondingly tapered, such that as the clamps are tightened over the assembled flanges, said cylindrical end parts are drawn tightly axially together to clamp the laminated assembly therebetween.
  • Said laminated assembly of elements 3, 4 is thereby held fixedly within said bores 15a, 16a of the first and second end parts respectively and sits sealingly against each of said annular shoulders 15e and 16e.
  • a fluid 10 is passed into said bore 15a, and is allowed to flow through said laminated assembly of elements 3 and 4, such that the fluid is divided and mixed as described above. After emergence from the downstream end of said laminated assembly, the mixed fluid 10 is allowed to flow out of the device through bore 16a; as shown by the arrows in Figure 5.
  • FIG. 6 Yet another embodiment of a static mixing device in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the static mixing device shown in this figure comprises a valve body 20 for a ball valve, which valve body 20 includes a central bore 20a which comprises two annular shoulders 20c, 20d at opposite ends thereof.
  • Said central bore 20a is adapted to house a laminated assembly of plate-like elements 3, 4 as described above, such that said laminated assembly sits sealingly against said annular shoulders 20c, 20d at either end of the bore 20a.
  • said valve body 20 is adapted to be installed within a fluid path 21a of a ball valve such that it can be selectively moved between an open position and a closed position. Fluid 10 flowing through said fluid path 21a is caused to flow into said bore 20a in the valve body 20 in the open position and through said laminated assembly of elements 3, 4, such that the fluid is divided and mixed as described above.
  • the invention relates to improvements of a mixing and stirring device of the static type and is intended for use primarily in plants of chemicals, medicines, foods, paints, paper manufacturing and the like.
  • the mixing and stirring device of the static type capable of mixing and stirring fluids without using mechanical power, demonstrates such excellent, practical effects as (1) applicability of any possible combinations of fluids, gases and solids, (2) limited power requirement to compensate pressure loss in the mixing and stirring device, thus achieving substantial energy saving, (3) a simplified, noise reducing, trouble-free structure due to no involvement of movable parts, and (4) possibility of making small the size of the mixing and stirring device.
  • FIG.27 illustrates one example of the mixing and stirring device of the Kenix type which has been put in practice.
  • the said mixing and stirring device of the static type consists in a manner in which a 180° left-twisting spiral shaped mixing element B which length is approximately 1.5 times of the inner diameter of the case body A and a 180 ° right-twisting spiral shaped element C are so designed that both elements are crossed each other at a right angle and fitted into a cylindrical case body A in sequence.
  • each element B C is so designed that the right-twisting and the left-twisting are alternatively arranged. Therefore, whenever the aforementioned divided fluids pass through each element B C, the flow is inverted at the interface of each element B C as shown in FIG.23, and advance continuously while converting the flow direction from the centre part to the wall part (FIG.29 in case of the left-twisting spiral shaped mixing element B) and wall part to the canter part (FIG.30 in case of the right-twisting spiral shaped mixing element C) along the twisted surface of each element B C. With each element B C, the flow of fluids D is continuously served by the afore-mentioned actions of division, inversion and conversion to allow fluids D to be mixed and stirred effectively, thus resulting in lower pressure loss.
  • the conventional mixing and stirring device of the static type has excellent and practical effects, as explained above.
  • problems to be solved with the conventional mixing and stirring devices including the device illustrated in FIG.27.
  • these problems particularly some of the important subjects for a future study include: (1) to make it possible that production costs are substantially reduced by further simplifying the structure and (2) to make it possible that mixing and stirring powers are further enhanced with the structurally simplified and small-sized device.
  • the mixing and stirring device in FIG.27 employs very complex 180 ° left-twisting spiral shaped mixing and stirring element B and 180 ° right-twisting spiral shaped mixing and stirring element C. Therefore, the manufacture of each element B C is not an easy task which makes it difficult to realize the substantial cost reduction in manufacturing the mixing and stirring device.
  • some disadvantages of the device are that in order to enhance mixing and stirring abilities by increasing the division number S. it becomes inevitable that more numbers of elements B C are required, thus being unable to avoid to make the size of the device larger. Further more, because of these disadvantages a velocity gap between fluids or shearing force will be lowered, and sufficient mixing performance can not be expected.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide solutions to the above-mentioned problems with the conventional mixing and stirring devices of the static type such as (1) the structural complexity of elements which form a mixing and stirring device, thus making its manufacture troublesome and the reduction of manufacturing costs difficult, (2) a need to increase the number of elements in use to enhance the mixing and stirring performance, thus inviting a large-sized device and the increase in pressure loss, and (3) a need to increase the division number for the reason that the division number of fluids per element is small, thus requiring more elements in use to enhance the mixing and stirring performance, also making the device larger in size and production costs higher.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a mixing and stirring device that allows to make its structure simple and reduce production costs considerably, and also to enable to obtain the large division number of fluids with the small number of elements in use by making large the fluids division number S per element, and further to enable the entire device to be smaller in size and to bring about the synergistic effects of shearing force (a velocity gap between fluids) and cavitation (an abrupt pressure gap between fluids) which are necessary to enhance the mixing and stirring performance, thus allowing the size of the whole device to be small and providing considerable improvements in its mixing and stirring performance.
  • the present invention comprises fundamentally a cylindrical case body, multiple kinds of disc-shaped elements which are formed by being combined and fitted in sequence into the case body and pitted multiple holes at prescribed intervals, and joint metals removably fitted at the ends of the outlet and inlet of the case body.
  • the present invention claimed in claim 2 comprises fundamentally the first flange formed a storage cavity at the inner part of the central hole part, the second flange fitted to the aforementioned first flange facing each other and formed a storage cavity at the inner part of the central hole part, and multiple kinds of disc-shaped elements which are formed by being combined and fitted in sequence into the case body and pitted multiple holes at prescribed intervals, and the fixture to fit and fix the aforementioned both flanges.
  • the present invention claimed in claim 3 comprises fundamentally a valve body equipped with a flow passage arranged so as to move freely inside the valve body, a storage cavity formed inside the flow passage of the aforementioned valve, and multiple kinds of disc-shaped elements which are formed by being combined and fitted in sequence into the case body and pitted multiple holes at prescribed intervals, and all of which are stored inside the valve.
  • the present invention in claim 4 employs the flanges removably fixed at the both ends of the case body in place of the joint metals, and removably integrates both flanges and the case body by means of joint bolts and nuts in the invention.
  • the present invention in claim 5 employs the bolts and nuts to clamp directly or the half-split shaped clamping metals or the bolts and nuts to clamp and fix both clamping metals in place of the fixture.
  • the present invention in claim 6 employs a ball shaped valve body of the ball valve, a flat plate shaped valve body of the butterfly valve or a flat plate shaped valve body of the gate valve in place of a valve body.
  • the present invention in claim 7 employs two types of elements, the element 1 and the element 2, and with the former the squarely positioned plural number of polygonal pyramid frustum shaped holy parts or conical frustum shaped hole parts are arranged so that the centre Q of the said polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole part or conical frustum shaped hole part is positioned and pitted differently from the centre O of the disc body, and with the latter the squarely positioned plural number of polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole parts or conical frustum shaped hole parts are arranged so that the centre Q of the said polygonal pyramid frustum shaped or conical frustum shaped hole and the centre O of the disc body are overlapped and pitted, thus both the first element and the second element are fitted interchangeably by placing the large opening side of the polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole part or the conical frustum shaped hole part to the upper stream side of fluids.
  • the present invention in claim 8 is designed to make plural the polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole part or conical frustum shaped hole part of both the first and second elements, to make identical the sizes of the holes of both the first and second elements , and to provide a means to regulate the fitting positions of both holes of the first and second elements.
  • the present invention in claim 9 is designed so that a polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole part or a conical frustum shaped hole part becomes regular quadrangular pyramid frustum shaped.
  • the present invention in claim 10 employs two types of elements, the first element and the second element, and with the former the squarely positioned plural number of hole parts equipped with the reduced diameter part halfway are arranged so that the centre Q of the said hole part is positioned and pitted differently from the centre O of the disc body, and with the latter the squarely positioned plural number of hole parts equipped with the reduced diameter part halfway are arranged so that the centre Q of the said hole part and the centre O of the disc body are overlapped and pitted.
  • the present invention 11 is designed to make plural the hole parts equipped with the reduced diameter part of the first element halfway and to make plural the hole parts equipped with the reduced diameter part of the second element, to make identical the sizes of holes of both the first and second elements, and to provide a means to regulate the fitting positions of both holes of the first and second elements.
  • the present invention in claim 12 is designed so that the holes equipped with the reduced diameter part halfway become sandglass shaped.
  • FIGURE 1 there is shown a longitudinal sectional view of the mixing and stirring device of the static type according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is a cylindrical case body, 2 a flange, 3 the first element, 4 the second element, 5 a gasket, 6 an O ring, 7 a short tube, 8 a connecting bolt, and 9 a nut.
  • the aforementioned case body 1 is made with stainless steel and formed in a cylindrical shape, and is airtightedly and removably fitted and fixed by aids of the gasket 5 to the flange 2.
  • the short tubes 7 (ferrule flanges) are attached to the aforementioned flanges 2 on the upper and lower stream sides by using an O ring 6, and the nut 9 connected to the connecting bolt 8 is tightened so that the case body 1 and both flanges 2 and the short tubes 7 are removably integrated.
  • the stainless steel made case body 1 as explained above, and the stainless steel (SUS304) made flange short tubes 7 (ferrule flange) and nuts 7 are used.
  • other materials such as ceramics, any type of alloys or synthetic resins can be chosen depending upon the type of fluids for the case body 1, the flange 2 and others.
  • NBR and ⁇ NBR80 are in use for an O ring 6 and a gasket 5 respectively.
  • other materials can be appropriately chosen for the O ring and the gasket depending on the type of fluids.
  • a case body 1 wherein the prescribed number of the first element 3 and the second element 4 are interchangeably fitted is integrally fitted to flanges 2 and short tubes 7 by means of multiple connecting bolts 8 and nuts 9.
  • any other fitting mechanisms can be employed if the mechanism allows the code body 1 to be airtightedly and removably integrated with flanges 2 and short tubes 7.
  • flanges 2 are in use as the joint metals to connect with the short tubes 7.
  • a screw-type socket is used to replace flanges 2.
  • the case body 1 is designed to be cylindrical with the round cross section.
  • the cross section of the case body 1 is not limited to a round shape, but its shape can be elliptical or polygonal.
  • the aforementioned fluids 10 can be of any combination of homogeneity or heterogeneity such as liquid-liquid, gas-liquid, solid-liquid, solid-gas, liquid-gas-solid.
  • the mixing and stirring device of the static type according to the present invention is capable of mixing and stirring of any substances with flowability regardless of high viscosity substances or powdered substances.
  • FIG.2 and FIG.3 are a front view and a longitudinal sectional view of a mixing and stirring device of the static type respectively according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the said mixing and stirring device of the static type comprises the first flange 15, the second flange 16, a disc shaped element consisted of the first element 3 and the second element 4, and a fixture 17 consisted of bolts and nuts airtightedly to clamp and fix the flanges 15 16.
  • the first element 3 and the second element 4 are fitted and fixed into the storage in the state as regulated to the prescribed position by fitting the prescribed number of first element 3 and second element 4 are fitted in prescribed sequence into the inner part of the aforementioned storage cavities 15b 16b.
  • FIG.4 and FIG.5 are a front view and a longitudinal sectional view of a mixing and stirring device of the static type respectively according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first flange 15 and the second flange 16 slightly longer than in the second embodiment, and on the tapered faces 15d 16d there are also formed an outer peripheral faces of the outwardly projected edges 15c 16c provided on the opposed side of the both flanges 15 16.
  • first element 3 and the second element 4 After fitting and fixing the first element 3 and the second element 4 into the storage cavities 15b 16b in the prescribed sequence, they are made contact with the projected edges 15c 16c of the aforementioned flanges 15 16, and the half-split shaped clamping metals 18a 18b are fitted to the outer peripheral face of the aforementioned projected edges 15c 16c.
  • the mixing and stirring device of the static type is then formed and assembled by clamping the both ends of the clamping metals 18a 18b with the bolt and nut 19 so that the contact faces of both flanges are fixed airtightedly by means of the afore-mentioned tapered faces 15d 16d.
  • FIG.6 is a sectional view of a mixing and stirring device of the static type according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the disc shaped element consisting of the combination of the first element 3 and the second element 4 is fitted and fixed into the storage cavity 20b provided in the valve body 20.
  • 21 is a valve body itself, 21a a fluids passage, 20a a fluids passage pitted on the valve body, and 20b a storage cavity.
  • the prescribed number of both elements 3 4 are fitted and fixed inside the said storage cavity 20b in the manner that their positions are regulated.
  • valves such as, for example, a flat plate shaped valve body of a butterfly valve or a flat plate shaped valve of a gate valve can be employed.
  • Materials used in the second, third and fourth embodiments illustrated in the aforementioned FIG.2 to FIG.6 inclusive are same as those in the first embodiment in FIG.1. For this reason, the detailed explanations are herewith omitted.
  • FIG.7 to FIG.9 inclusive illustrate the first embodiment of the aforementioned first element 3 (a square shaped element).
  • FIG.7 is a plan view of the first element 3.
  • FIG.8 is a section taken along the line VIII - VIII in FIG.7.
  • FIG.9 is a rear view of the first element 3.
  • the said first element is formed in a shape of a disc (a round plate) with stainless steel of the thickness 5mm and the outer diameter 27.5mm, and the disc is equipped with multiple (4 pieces) square pyramid frustum shaped holes 11 arranged in a square shape.
  • the upper surface side of the square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11 forms a large square opening 11a, and the lower surface side (the rear side) forms a small square opening 11b.
  • the portion surrounded by the adjacent division parts 11c forms a hole part (perforation), and fluids 10 flow along the inner wall face of the square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11.
  • the said first element 3 is formed with four pieces of a complete square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11 and eight pieces of an incomplete hole part 11' respectively so that the renter P of the division body 11c which forms the square pyramid frustum shaped hole 11 is positioned at the centre O of the disc body.
  • the position of the centre Q of the hole part 11 of the first element 3 is designed so that it does not overlap with the centre O of the disc body.
  • FIG.10 to FIG.12 inclusive illustrate the first embodiment of the aforementioned second element 4 (a square shaped element).
  • FIG.10 is a plan view of the second element 4.
  • FIG.11 is a section taken along the line I - I in FIG.10.
  • FIG.12 is a rear view of the second element 4.
  • the said second element is formed in a shape of a disc (a round plate) with stainless steel of the thickness 5mm and the outer diameter 27.5mm.
  • the disc is equipped with a plural number (5 pieces) of a squarely arranged square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11.
  • the upper surface side of the aforementioned square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11 forms a large square opening 11a, and the lower surface side forms a small square opening 11b.
  • the number of incomplete hole part 11' is four, and the centre Q of the opening 11a is positioned at the centre O of the disc body.
  • the aforementioned first element 3 and second element 4 are closely pressed and fixed by the fitting mechanism, wherein, as illustrated in FIG.1, the opening 11a of the upper surface side of the square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11 is positioned on the inflow side of fluids (the upper stream side), and the prescribed number of pieces are interchangeably fitted into the case body 1 in a build-up shape, and the connecting bolts and nuts are employed.
  • FIG.13 there is shown a partially longitudinal sectional view to display the assembling state of the first element 3 and the second element 4 according to the first embodiment.
  • fluids 10 flowed into the opening 11a of the square pyramid frustum shaped hole part 11 from the upper stream side are divided into four while passing through each element 3 4.
  • the abrupt enlargement and reduction of fluids 10 occur over 20 times at the interface of each element 3 4.
  • FIG.1 to FIG.13 inclusive it is formed that two different elements 3 4, that is, the first element 3 and the second element 4 are interchangeably fitted.
  • the first element 3 and the second element 4 are interchangeably fitted.
  • the first element 3 and the second element 4 choose the same thickness (5mm) and same shape for the hole part 11.
  • the size of a holes the area ratio of the top and base of the regular quadrangular pyramid frustum, the arrangement of a hole part, the diameter and thickness of the disc of an element and the like can be modified.
  • the method of arranging the elements such as the fitting order of elements can also be altered. That is, variations are not limited only to FIG.1 to FIG.13.
  • fluids 10 to be mixed and stirred are conveyed into the case body 1 through the short tube 7 from the upper stream side toward the direction pointed by an arrow while passing through the plural number of elements consisting of the first element 3 and the second element 4, and fluids 10 are mixed and stirred statically, and pushed out of the lower stream side of the case body in sequence after having been mixed and stirred.
  • Mixing, stirring and dispersion of the aforementioned fluids 10 take place with the division and aggregation of fluids 10 while passing through a group of the aforementioned hole parts 11, with the swirls and disorder caused by enlargement and reduction of the cross sections of the hole parts 11, and also with shearing stress while passing through the clearance at the varied velocities of flow.
  • the shapes and sizes of the hole part 11 are appropriately chosen so that mixing and dispersion of fluids 10 occur with greater efficiency.
  • fluids 10 are affected with the considerable shearing stress while repeating division, enlargement and reduction, the increase of pressure loss is avoided by modifying the shapes of a division body 11c and a hole part 11 so that fluids 10 collide with the elements 3 4 at an appropriate angle.
  • FIG.14 and FIG.15 are a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view respectively to show the second embodiment of the first element 3.
  • FIG.16 and FIG.17 are a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view respectively to show the second embodiment of the second element 4 which is combined with the aforementioned first element 3.
  • the first element 3 according to the said second embodiment differs from the aforementioned first embodiment (FIG.7 to FIG.12) in the points that a hole to be inlaid 12 and a pin to inlay 13 are provided so that at the time of fitting into the case body 1 both elements 3 4 are accurately combined in a prescribed mutual positioning relation, and that the end portion 11c' of the division body 11c is made in a plane. All other formation remain exactly same as the aforementioned first embodiment.
  • FIG.18 and FIG.19 are a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view respectively to show the third embodiment of the first element 3.
  • FIG.20 and FIG.21 are a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view respectively to show the second embodiment of the second element 4 which is combined with the aforementioned first element 3. Only the point that differs from the aforementioned second embodiment (FIG.14 to FIG.17) is that there exist more number of regular quadrangular pyramid frustum shaped holes 11. All other formation of the element remain similar to the second embodiment.
  • a regular quadrangular pyramid frustum shape is applied for the hole part 11.
  • any polygonal pyramid frustum shapes such as triangular or pentagonal pyramid frustum shapes can be applied for the hole part 11.
  • FIG.22 and FIG.23 illustrate the fourth embodiment (a round shaped element) of the aforementioned first element 3.
  • FIG.22 is a plan view
  • FIG.23 is a section taken along the line I - I in FIG.22.
  • the first element 3 according to the said fourth embodiment is pitted a plural number (12 hole parts) of the sandglass shaped (a shape wherein the smaller face sides of two conical frustums are connected with a short cylinder) hole parts 14 arranged in a square shape on the stainless steel (SUS316) made disc body with the thickness of 5mm and the outer diameter of 27.5mm.
  • SUS316 stainless steel
  • an opening 14a on the upper surface side of the first element 3 and an opening 14b on the rear side are formed so that their areas are same, and an opening 14c of the intermediate short cylinder is contracted in diameter so that fluids 10 exercise twice more of repetitions of reduction and enlargement than those with the aforementioned angular shaped element (the first embodiment to the third embodiment) while passing through the aforementioned sandglass shaped hole part 14.
  • the inner diameters of the openings 14a 14b are set for 6mm respectively, while the inner diameter of the opening 14c is set for 3mm.
  • the central pitch of the sandglass shaped hole part 14 is 6mm and is arranged in a square shape.
  • the first element 3 is designed so that the renter P of the division body 14d is positioned at the centre O of the disc body (a round plate), and the angle of inclination is set at 90°.
  • FIG.24 and FIG.25 are a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view of the second element to be used in combination with the aforementioned positioning element 3 (FIG.23 and FIG.24).
  • 9 pieces of the sandglass shaped hole part 11 are pitted, which shape is identical to the aforementioned first element.
  • 4 pieces of the incomplete hole parts 14' are also pitted.
  • the centre position Q of the openings 14a 14b of the sandglass shaped hole part 14 is set at the position of the centre O of the disc body (a round plate). All other formation except this part remain identical to the aforementioned first element 3.
  • numeral 13 is an inlay pin to be inserted to an inlay hole 12 of the aforementioned first element 3, and the relative positions are regulated at the time of fitting both elements 3 4.
  • FIG.26 shows a three-dimensionally schematised view of the state of fitting the first element 3 and the second element 4 equipped with a sandglass shaped hole part 14 according to the fourth embodiment, and also the flow of fluids 10 passing through the hole part.
  • first element 3 (FIG.22 and FIG.23) of the fourth embodiment fluids 10 flowed into the sandglass shaped hole part 14 from the upper stream side are divided into four at each hole. Assuming that 10 pieces of the first element 3 and 10 pieces of the second element 4 are to be combined, the division number of fluids becomes tremendously huge because the number of holes is multiplied by the twentieth power of 4.
  • Cavitation of fluids is caused when abrupt enlargement and reduction are repeated over 40 times, and fluids collide violently against the wall face and among fluids themselves, and fluids are affected by shearing force at the side wall, which causes complex flow accompanied by turbulence (vigorous mixing of fluids 10 at the inlet 15 and outlet 16 of the flow passage), thus enabling fluids to be mixed and dispersed effectively.
  • fluids 10 are influenced with considerable shearing force while repeating division, enlargement and reduction. However, it is designed so that fluids 10 collide against the elements 3 4 with a certain angle.
  • the elements 3 4 are formed so that the sandglass shaped hole part 14 is squarely arranged on the disc body.
  • Some modifications include the size of the sandglass shaped hole part 14, the area ratio of the top and base of the conical frustum, the arrangement of the sandglass shaped hole part 14, and the diameter and thickness of the disc of an element and the like.
  • the way elements themselves are arranged can also be modified. That is, various kinds of modifications are possible beside the combination shown in FIG.26.
  • the shape of the hole part 14 needs not to be limited to a sandglass shape. As long as the hole part 14 is constricted at one end or halfway (or equipped with a hole part 14 which is provided with the reduced diameter part intermediately) the same effects as those of elements 3 4 according to the fourth embodiment can be expected and employed as a variation of the embodiment.
  • the first element 3 and the second element 4 shown in the aforementioned embodiments can be formed by casting, sintering or machining. The formation can be performed in any manner.
  • each element 3 4, employs the method known as the lost wax process to form the mixing and stirring device of the static type.
  • a mixing and stirring device of the static type comprising a cylindrical case body, and a plural number of disc shaped elements combined and fitted in sequence into the case body equipped with plural kinds of holes at prescribed intervals, and joint metals removably fitted to the ends of the inlet and outlet of the case body.
  • the mixing and stirring device is integrated with valves, thus allowing the mixing and stirring device of the static type to be fixed just by changing the valves already in use.
  • the present invention is designed so that multiple disc shaped elements, wherein a polygonal pyramid frustum shaped hole part and a hole part equipped with the reduced diameter part are arranged and pitted not to be overlapped, are combined and fitted in sequence intone cylindrical case body, thus resulting in substantial increase in the number of divisions of fluids and bigger shearing force affected on fluids due to the velocity changes caused by enlargement and reduction of the passage area of the hole part. As the result, the performance of mixing and stirring fluids is tremendously enhanced compared with that of the conventional device.
  • the mixing and stirring device of the static type according to the present invention is an economically advantageous device, wherein the basic requirements of fluids mixing, that is, the division number of fluids, its shearing force caused by velocity changes and its directionality are maximised, while its pressure loss is minimised as much as possible.
  • Various kinds of operations and treatments from simple mixing to dispersion and emulsification can be easily achieved just by changing the number of elements to adjust the mixing process, thus making it highly practical.
  • the mixing and stirring device of the static type according to the present invention performs more effectively than the conventional mixing device of the static type, while pressure loss remains nearly same as that of the conventional device.
  • the compact device of the present invention can be easily replaced with the conventional device. And further more, in some cases, a mixing tank can be removed, to form a tankless system. As explained above, the present invention, thus, provides a highly excellent, practical and effective usage.

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